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The Glasgow Girls campaign has become much bigger than just about a group of seven girls. It is about a community that stood up against injustice. It's about humanity, fairness and human rights. The message from our story – which I hope people will get when they watch the drama – is that, once united, anyone can make a positive difference and change people's lives. People from all walks of life united to stand up and speak up about the inhumane way asylum seekers were being treated. Children were being locked up. How can that ever be justified?

Unfortunately, some people believe the myths that they read or hear about asylum seekers. No one wants to leave their family, friends, culture and home for no reason. It is a result of great fear that people have to leave all of that behind and start from scratch elsewhere. Everyone wants to provide a safe & secure life for themselves and their families.

When I first found out that our story was going to be made into a drama for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Three, I was excited and nervous at the same time. I was excited because I thought that this is a great opportunity for our story to be told to a much wider audience. On the other hand, I felt nervous as we were not sure how true to the story it was going to be. It was really crucial to us that our story was told in a manner that was true to what actually happened.

Our story was originally captured in and was made into , directed by Cora Bissett. Even though we already had actresses portraying us on stage, it was still a bit surreal having other people portraying us again.

Once we spoke to the executive producer Colin Barr about what he had envisaged for the drama, we felt reassured. The girls and I, along with our original teacher Mr Girvan, could see how much he cared about the story. The production team were very patient with us and always made sure that we were happy with how things were going. One of the things I particularly like about the drama is that it shows the resistance we came across.

It was absolutely amazing when we met the director Brian Welsh and the cast back at our school when they were filming the drama. They are all such lovely people and I could tell they really wanted to do a great job of telling our story. They were also under a lot of pressure as they had very little time to complete the filming and our story is an emotional rollercoaster! Needless to say, they did an amazing job.

I would like to say a huge thank you to everyone involved in the drama: you are all Glasgow Girls too! I hope the drama has a positive impact and that young people see that they too can make a difference in causes that matters to them.